Re: hi all

[Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>]

Well the user id field in the password file is an unsigned int,
i.e. 32bits on a PC...

So .. lots !

Course, it may be limited by other considerations..lol

Cliff

 I think I remember reading somewhere that because users have 16bit uid's
> by default, the maximum is 64k or so (65,536). But you can have 32bit
> uid's if you're brave I also believe.
> 
> Cheers,
>  Corey J. Popelier
>  http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Sathish C wrote:
> 
> > Hi All
> >
> > can anybody tell me tha maximum number of users that can be created on
> > debian linux if there i sany such limit.
> > Please don't say that as many users as in any other linux, because I
> > don't know how many can be users created on other variants of linux
> > also.
> >
> > Please tell me how I can find such details. I searched in the man pages(
> > useradd)  but I could not.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > Bye
> > Kilaru
> >
> 
> 
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